Welcome! I am glad you are here!
As a licensed psychotherapist of 17 years, I hold a board certification in clinical supervision and value all contexts of true integrative healing. I prioritize empirical-based research through my own ongoing education and accept evidence-based theory through practice.
With gratitude of your presence, I invite you to explore my unique treatment approach & my scope of practice below.
If you prefer direct commentary from current & former clients, please skip to my reviews! They are 100% voluntary! Feedback is an essential benefit to my treatment approach.
From the perspective of a 'seasoned' clinician, I prefer to focus on my philosophical approach to describe the way I provide medical treatment through talk therapy. This framework develops through various foundational elements, in addition to my own deeply held convictions.
Not all therapists consider themselves healers. However, those of us who have family or ancestral ties to our ability to heal consider this role deeper than our career choice.
The "discovery" of my own 'calling' is a meaningful part of my foundation as a therapist. My lifelong passion in counseling psychology, intertwined with advanced training has resulted in my formal credentials as a trauma therapist. Skill, education, and experience teaching technique has helped me embrace my passion and further build necessary clinical intuition. These combined with natural ability have resulted in what I believe to be my fundamental purpose; as a healer.
In addition to my commitments above, my personal conviction to motherhood, my faith and my belief in the power of recovery ultimately define my philosophy of treatment.
I am intensely grateful & overjoyed to recently celebrate TEN years of my own sobriety this month! *November, 2024*
Most clients naturally gravitate to my intentional transparency as I strive to always extend grace. I hope to consistently prioritize my client's growth through the self-discovery of their own unique journey.
This process involves a gentle balance. This requires my identity as a practitioner, to always be secondary to the primary focus of the needs of my client.
I discovered my dream to formalize the ability to lead therapists through licensure, which intensified my own love & commitment to the field. I am honored to mentor clinicians through my role as a clinical supervisor, as they practice therapy using my license while finalizing their own licensure certification.
My partnership with Betterhelp allows me to use a collaborative approach as an independent practitioner. I contract with more than one organization, allowing variety and flexibility - where I choose to have small caseloads. This allows me the ability to commit to individual needs & the well-being of each client I have preselected. A process I am able to customize and ensure therapeutic trust & mutual respect.
Most notable feedback from former clients:
I am attentive, nurturing, flexible, knowledgeable and direct in my communication. I find that my ability to provide authenticity is fundamental to my identity as a human being, just as transparency underlies all healthy attachment in relationships.
My theoretical style has evolved over many years of formal practice & training. I continue to seek most proficient training available, and hold special skill using these techniques:
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness & Internal Family Systems. Solution-focused CBT, TF-CBT.
Only trauma-informed skills are used as I continue to absorb all opportunities to embrace current understanding in trauma-specific techniques.
With specialized understanding in trauma recovery, I believe that we all have the ability to heal. Only you hold the power to transform your life. This directly requires accountability, openness and honesty. Responsibility for your healing is fundamental to this process. My role in this partnership is equal to the value of client effort! I provide support, validation and accountability, just as I enforce and practice boundaries.
All of these fundamentals-when used appropriately, provide the groundwork BEST for healing.
My faith adds a necessary layer of unique impartiality to my role. This detail is important to acknowledge as my spiritual beliefs overlap with a special awareness that I believe transcends the collective, mind, body and soul.
Using a structure of standard practice with most appropriate evidence-based techniques, only licensed psychotherapists possess the exclusive legal responsibility and ethical liability to provide safe, legitimate mental healthcare. Verifiable benefit is statistically shown in treatment with a licensed practitioner.
My ultimate priority as a licensed psychotherapist is to provide the emotional safety that ensures healing.
I am also verified by Psychology Today, a member of the National Counseling Association & several others.
I believe that NO obstacle is superior against the profound strength of human connection & willpower! An OPEN heart should always be the ONLY requirement for treatment.
Thank you for any time you've chosen to spend with my words.
I hope you found value here!
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Additional areas of focus: Addictions, LGBT, Family conflicts, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Attachment issues, Blended family issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Eating and food-related issues, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, Fertility issues, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Gender dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Impulsivity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Personality disorders, Phobias, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and discrimination, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sexual assault and abuse, Social anxiety and phobia, Traumatic brain injury, Trichotillomania, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems
OK LPC LPC05248
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Amy Phelps. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
I've been seeing Amy for well over a year now I think & she is fantastic! She mentioned once how, no matter how often we get sidetracked, she makes sure that it always helps me. I appreciate that because I tend to get distracted easily and enjoy those side conversations. I thought that just spoke so much to how much she cares about her clients that she's more focused on how we spend our time productively than I am :) Highly recommend her!
Written on Mar 18, 2024 after therapy with Amy for 1 year and 6 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, self esteem, career difficulties, and adhd
Amy is a wonderful thoughtful therapist. She is flexible with scheduling and always there when needed for emergencies. She is open minded with great advice and techniques.
Written on Dec 08, 2023 after therapy with Amy for 1 year and 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, grief, self esteem, and career difficulties
I have made more progress with Amy than I have in years. She understands my goals, needs and provides me the tools I need to keep moving forward in my journey. She provides a safe, trusting environment. I have never felt so confident with a therapist before her.
Written on Oct 05, 2022 after therapy with Amy for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, coping with life changes, coaching, and compassion fatigue